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Matthew 2:1

Matthew 2:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

"Fourth year before the account called Anno Domini."

Jesus: Matthew 1:25; Luke 2:4-7

Bethlehem: Matthew 2:5; Micah 5:2; Luke 2:11, Luke 2:15; John 7:42

Herod: This was Herod the Great, for an account of whom see the Connection of the Old and New Testaments in the Comprehensive Bible. Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:19; Genesis 49:10; Daniel 9:24-25; Haggai 2:6-9

from: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 25:6; 1 Kings 4:30; Job 1:3; Psalms 72:9-12; Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 60:1-22

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